A Tramp Abroad – Mark Twain – 1880 | First Edition, Early Printing

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A tramp abroad – mark twain – 1880 | first edition, early printing | mark twain’s “a tramp abroad” (1880), early printing of the first edition, features the “titian’s moses” frontispiece, 328 illustrations, and retains its original cloth binding with restored hinges.

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Mark Twain’s “A Tramp Abroad” (1880), early printing of the first edition, features the “Titian’s Moses” frontispiece, 328 illustrations, and retains its original cloth binding with restored hinges.

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A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain, published in 1880 in Hartford and London, follows the author’s journey through parts of Germany, Switzerland, and Italy during a time of growing American interest in European travel. This early printing of the first edition includes the issue point “Titian’s Moses” on the frontispiece caption. It marks his return to travel writing after The Innocents Abroad. It is known to be an enjoyable and humorous work, in which Twain blends autobiography and fiction, facts and tall tales.

 

Bibliographic Details

  • Title: A Tramp Abroad
  • Author(s): Mark Twain
  • Illustrator(s):
  • Contributor(s):
  • Publisher: Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Co.; London: Chatto & Windus
  • Edition: First Edition, 1880
    • Frontispiece caption – “Titian’s Moses”
  • Format: (8vo), single volume
  • Binding: Original brown cloth
  • Size:  9 in x 6.25 in (22.5 cm x 16 cm)
  • Collation: xvi, 17–631, [1] pp.
  • Illustrations: 328 in-text engravings including frontispiece
  • References: BAL 3386; Melton, Twain Travel Books
  • Contents Include:
    • European Travel Notes and Sketches
    • Encounters with Joseph Twitchell
    • Satirical Observations on German Customs

 

Condition:

Binding and hinges have been professionally restored. Covers remain original. Interior secure with moderate age toning. No writing or missing pages.

 

Why Collect This?

  • First edition with early issue frontispiece caption
  • Necessary inclusion in a Twain collection
  • Appealing to collectors of 19th-century American literature

 

Item Number: # 28928

Categories

Literature

European History

Voyages & Exploration & Maps

Authors

Mark Twain

Printing Date

19th Century

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Very Good

Collation

Complete

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